A 35-year-old man, Gaddafi Isah, and Badamasi Isah, aged 30, have been beaten to death by a mob over the suspected theft of livestock at Katsayal village in the Sandamu Local Government Area of Katsina State.

A counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a post on his X handle on Monday.

According to him, intelligence sources revealed that the two victims had driven their father?s vehicle to the outskirts of the village to learn to drive.

He stated that, in the process of the practice, a mob approached and accused them of stealing livestock.

He added that the mob surrounded the two men and beat them severely, causing them to sustain varying degrees of injuries.

?The victims were rescued by the security forces who were deployed to the scene and rushed to the Community Health Centre in Sandamu for treatment, but they were later confirmed dead by a medical doctor,? he posted.

He also disclosed that the vehicle the deceased victims were driving was also damaged during the attack.

He noted that the police had launched an investigation into the incident, and efforts were underway to apprehend the perpetrators responsible for the attack.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the state police command, Abubakar Aliyu, did not respond to calls made to his telephone line.

A text message sent had yet to be replied to as of the time this report was filed. (The PUNCH, but headline rejigged)

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